Indirect and mitigated effects of pulsed resources on the population dynamics of a northern rodent

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 814-825

  Lobo, Nikhil ^a   Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carabid beetle; Constraint; Granivory; Multitrophic interactions; Natural food supplementation; Plant secondary compounds; Protein; Seasonal breeding; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GRANIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PROTEIN; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDING; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SEEDS;

EID: 84879186212     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12062     Document Type: Article

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